Vasses

Greenery gradually gives way to rock, massive peaks and a few scrawny shrubs.

Amidst this tangled wilderness the temple of Apollo Epikourios is a surprising sight. Designed by Iktinos, architect of the Parthenon, it was built in 420 BC on the foundations of an older temple by residents of the neighbouring settlement of Figalia. It was dedicated to Apollo, in thanks for the god's delivering them from an epidemic.

This is the best preserved temple in Greece, second only to the Temple of Hephaestus (The Theseion) in Athens.